Apr 26, 2016 | JHB Turns 30 |
In my early 20s, I was at the pinnacle of my musical taste and acumen. Now, on my last day of 29, I still sometimes come across a new band I love, a new song I can’t listen to enough times. However, those discoveries are few and far between compared to how...
Apr 25, 2016 | JHB Turns 30 |
See Accomplishment #1, #2, and #3. When I was four, I overhear a word my parents said that would change my life: entrepreneur “What’s an entrepreneur?” I said (remember I was four). “It’s someone who starts a business.”...
Apr 25, 2016 | JHB Turns 30 |
Talia is telling me these posts need to be shorter or I’m never going to finish, so I’ll just say this: When I was 27, I became a father. Being a father is messy, stress-inducing, sleep-depriving, and often frustrating. And yet it’s made me a better...
Apr 25, 2016 | JHB Turns 30 |
I first thought about becoming a writer when I was sixteen or seventeen. I was lying in bed too late in the morning reading A Tale of Two Cities. For some reason, that question popped into my head. You know the one: “What are you going to be when you grow...
Apr 25, 2016 | JHB Turns 30 |
When I was 13 years old, I couldn’t imagine waiting until I was in my twenties to get married. This was both because I was a romantic and because I was raised to believe that you shouldn’t have sex until you got married. At 13, I couldn’t imagine...